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R. L. PARS.

FENCE. No. 528,687. PatentedNov. 6, 1894.

UNITEDl STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT L. PARIS, OE AUDUBON, KENTUCKY, ASSieNoR OE Two-THIRDS To H. ELYAND A. o. JOHNSON, OE SAME PLAGE.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,687, dated November6, 1894.

Application iiled April 28, 1894.

To all whom it may. concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. PARIS, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Audubon, in the county of Henderson and State of Kentucky,have invented a new and useful Fence, of which the following is aspeciiication.

The invention relates to improvements in fences.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofwire fences, to enable the fence wires to be securely attached to fenceposts, and to provide ayielding stay adapted to give to any lateralstrain on the fence, and capable of maintaining the wires in their'parallelism.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a fenceconstructed in accordance With-this invention. Fig. 2 is a Verticalsectional View. Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal sectional View,illustrating the manner of attaching a fence wire to a fence post. Fig.4 is-an enlarged detail perspective view of a portion of a fence stay.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates fence posts, to which horizontal wires 2 are secured. Thewires may be passed through the end posts and stapled to one sidethereof; and they are secured to the intermediate posts by staples 3 andhorizontal ties 4i. Each tie is approximately rectangular to conform tothe configuration of a fence post, and it is preferably constructed ofwire, and is provided at its ends with eyes receiving the fence wire andformed by coiling the wire of the tie. The eyes 5 of the tie arearranged at opposite sides of the post, and the staple 3 is locatedbetween them.

The fence wires are connected at intervals by vertically disposedflexible stays, each vcomposed of a series of sections 7 havingl theirouter ends linked together around a fence wire. The sections 7 of a stay6 are each composed of a pair of loops 8 extending upward and downwardfrom a fencewire, and an intermediate eye receiving the fence Serial No.509,331. (No model.)

wire and formed by coiling the ends 9 and 10 of the wire of the sectionaround the fence wire. In constructing asection, one end ofthe wire iscoiled around an intermediate fence wire, it is extended upward over thenext adjacent wire, and then downward to the intermediate wire, to formthe upper loop. It is the adjacent fence wire passes between the Y endsof the loop. The top section is preferably coiled at the upper end ofthe upperloop to form an eye 12 for the top fence wire.

It will be seen that the fence is simple and comparativelyinexpensive inconstruction, that it is strong and durable, and adapted to be readilyerected. It will also be apparent that the fence stays are liexible, andare adapted to yield to any lateral strain on 'the fence, and that theyare capable of preserving the parallelism of the fence wires.

Changes in the form, proportion'and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is- A wire fence provided with a stay composed of a seriesof sections linked together, and each constructed of a single piece ofwire having one of the terminals coiled around an intermediate Wire,extended upward over the next adjacentwire to form the upper loop, anddownward and around the intermediate wire to form an eye, and thendownward around the adjacent wire to form the lower loop 7, and upwardabove the intermediate wire across the upper loop and said eye, andcoiled around the intermediate wire, substantially as described.V

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT L. PARIS.

Witnesses:

ARETUS C. JOHNSON, HARDIEv ELY.

